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Consequences: Heather Cox Richardson Feb 25 … And yet, the U.S. seems to be unprepared (for the Corona virus). In May 2018, under then-National Security Advisor John Bolton, the administration got rid of the official in charge of overseeing a U.S. response to a pandemic and disbanded his global health security team. Today Acting Deputy […]
Continue Reading2020: Activist Groups for Fighting Back One of the major ways the Koch apparatus has operated is to suppress the vote – to make it difficult to get to the polls during elections, to gerrymander Congressional districts into becoming Republican strongholds, and to restrict voter registration wherever possible. Many groups have now been mobilized against […]
Continue ReadingTrump accepted many “recommendations” from Heritage! February 10, 2020 from The Agenda Good morning from Washington, D.C.! In last week’s State of the Union address, President Trump laid out the positive effects his policies have had on the economy, national security, judicial appointments, and other areas—many of which were based on Heritage’s research and recommendations […]
Continue ReadingConservative intellectuals launch a new group to challenge free-market ‘fundamentalism’ on the right Oren Cass believes conservatives have blundered by outsourcing GOP economic policymaking to libertarian “fundamentalists” who see the free market as an end unto itself, rather than as a means for improving quality of life to strengthen families and communities. The former domestic […]
Continue ReadingIn this month’s Reader’s Guide to Democracy in Chains, Rod Kessler puzzles over how the economic and political ideas of James Buchanan could, on one hand, serve as a justification for the Koch network’s stealth assault on the institutions of American Democracy and yet, on the other hand, earn Buchanan a Nobel Prize and a […]
Continue ReadingHere is the Sermon I gave as a guest at Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead: Thanks to Reverend Wendy for giving me this opportunity to talk with you today. The timing is important because at 7pm on March 5, Nancy MacLean will be coming to speak at Salem State and we have primaries and elections […]
Continue ReadingThe 16 February Boston Sunday Globe ran an opinion piece by a prominent local attorney Michael J. Sullivan arguing that William Barr’s Justice Dept. is right to recommended a light sentence for Roger Stone (https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/02/14/opinion/justice-department-made-right-call-roger-stone-sentencing/) According to the blurb at the bottom of the piece, Sullivan is “…a former US attorney for Massachusetts, is a […]
Continue ReadingReading We Are Indivisible by Rod Kessler After the shocking 2016 election, activist groups sprung up throughout the nation, eager to combat the Trump agenda. They were inspired by two former Congressional aides, whose how-to guide under the name Indivisible went viral. The self-styled Indivisible groups soon generated buzz of their own. What did they […]
Continue ReadingPreserving our democracy (and saving many of the things we care about) requires defeating the Koch network and its allies. The Environment, Health Care, Social Security, Public Education, and The Right to Vote are all at risk Our message, informed by Nancy MacLean’s Democracy in Chains and exposing the extent and power of the Koch […]
Continue ReadingFrom the New York Times A good article that reviews some recent developments at the Department of Veterans Affairs and identifies the high degree of attention that the Concerned Veterans for America, a group supported by Charles Koch, is paying to personnel, major new policies, and internal conflicts. A good read!
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